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24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack

August 23, 2024

As the Kweilin Douglas DC-2 aircraft neared the city of Namyung in Guangdong province, it was intercepted by three Japanese Mitsubishi A5M fighters that opened fire on the unarmed civilian ...